Part of my father's job in New York City in the 1940s was to coordinate tours to Cuba of the distributors of Philco products. He came back with many recordings. I grew up in the early 50s playing those recordings, thinking that Perez Prado was the same importance as Ten Little Indians. It gave me a life-long appreciation of Latin music and jazz, which was modified a few years later when Brazilian music hit the USA in the early 60s. By then I was playing professionally. In recent decades I write and perform Brazilian and Latin jazz, but I often cross-pollinate rhythmic genres, thanks to the ability of BIAB to do so.


BIAB 2026 Win Audiophile. Software: Fender Studio One 8, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Presonus Quantom HD8 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.